Mitochondrial Ca2+ handling as a cell signaling hub: lessons from astrocyte function

JV Cabral-Costa, AJ Kowaltowski - Essays in Biochemistry, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Astrocytes are a heterogenous population of macroglial cells spread throughout the central
nervous system with diverse functions, expression signatures, and intricate morphologies …

[HTML][HTML] Adeno-associated virus expression of α-synuclein as a tool to model Parkinson's disease: current understanding and knowledge gaps

TE Huntington, R Srinivasan - Aging and disease, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the
aging population and is characterized by a constellation of motor and non-motor symptoms …

Mitochondrial and Cellular Function in Fibroblasts, Induced Neurons, and Astrocytes Derived from Case Study Patients: Insights into Major Depression as a …

I Cardon, S Grobecker, S Kücükoktay, S Bader… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The link between mitochondria and major depressive disorder (MDD) is increasingly
evident, underscored both by mitochondria's involvement in many mechanisms identified in …

Cortical astrocyte N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors influence whisker barrel activity and sensory discrimination in mice

N Ahmadpour, M Kantroo, MJ Stobart… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Astrocytes express ionotropic receptors, including N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors
(NMDARs). However, the contribution of NMDARs to astrocyte-neuron interactions …

Dinuclear nitrido-bridged osmium complexes inhibit the mitochondrial calcium uniporter and protect cortical neurons against lethal oxygen–glucose deprivation

JJ Woods, RJ Novorolsky, NP Bigham… - RSC Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Dysregulation of mitochondrial calcium uptake mediated by the mitochondrial calcium
uniporter (MCU) is implicated in several pathophysiological conditions. Dinuclear ruthenium …

Cobalt amine complexes and Ru265 interact with the DIME region of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter

JJ Woods, MX Rodriguez, CW Tsai, MF Tsai… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We report our investigation into the MCU-inhibitory activity of Co3+ complexes in
comparison to Ru265. These compounds reversibly inhibit the MCU with nanomolar …

Astrocytes and alpha-synuclein: friend or foe?

H Ozoran, R Srinivasan - Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 2023 - content.iospress.com
Despite its devastating disease burden and alarming prevalence, the etiology of Parkinson's
disease (PD) remains to be completely elucidated. PD is characterized by the degeneration …

Emerging roles for aberrant astrocytic calcium signals in Parkinson's disease

EA Bancroft, R Srinivasan - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes display a plethora of spontaneous Ca2+ signals that modulate vital functions of
the central nervous system (CNS). This suggests that astrocytic Ca2+ signals also contribute …

A non-canonical role for IRE1α links ER and mitochondria as key regulators of astrocyte dysfunction: implications in methamphetamine use and HIV-associated …

J Proulx, S Stacy, IW Park, K Borgmann - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are one of the most numerous glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) and
provide essential support to neurons to ensure CNS health and function. During a …

[HTML][HTML] Astroglial cell-to-cell interaction with autoreactive immune cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis involves P2X7 receptor, β3-integrin, and …

KD Milicevic, DB Bataveljic, JJ Bogdanovic Pristov… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
In multiple sclerosis (MS), glial cells astrocytes interact with the autoreactive immune cells
that attack the central nervous system (CNS), which causes and sustains neuroinflammation …